BULLDOGS BEAT MARLIES SUNDAY-SPLIT WEEKEND SERIES

Defenseman Brendon Nash scored at 2:27 of the overtime period to give the Hamilton Bulldogs a 3-2 win over the Marlies in Toronto Sunday afternoon. The win gave Hamilton a weekend home and home split against the Marlies.

Olivier Fortier and Aaron Palushaj also scored for Hamilton.

Nigel Dawes assisted on both of those goals and now has 6 goals and nine points in his six games with the Bulldogs since joining the team as part of the deal that brought Brent Sopel to the Canadiens for Hamilton centre Ben Maxwell.

Drew MacIntyre stopped 32 of 34 shots in the Hamilton nets.

The Bulldogs bounced back from a 2-0 loss to the Marlies on Saturday and improved to 6-2-0-1 in their last nine contests. Hamilton also moved back into a tie atop the North Division with Manitoba, which suffered a 3-2 loss in Chicago.

Nash, who scored two goals in each of his four seasons at Cornell University, recorded his fifth goal of the current campaign.